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Art beat: Young talent takes the stage while the fourth plinth bows out | Vanessa Thorpehttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/oct/09/theatre-art
This week the arts world will witness 21-year-old writer Atiha Sen Gupta's debut play and an art show inside TV historian Dan Cruickshank's house<p><strong>A veiled truth</strong></p><p>A play that questions dangerous assumptions about young Muslims is to launch the career of a young playwright this month. On 22 October the writer Atiha Sen Gupta, <a href="http://www.life.com/image/91115650">hailed this month by Kevin Spacey</a> as a new voice for the theatre, will see her first play, <a href="http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/prod-productions_details.asp?PID=128">What Fatima Did</a>, staged at the Hampstead Theatre. Sen Gupta, who has also written for the television series Skins, is only 21 years old.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/oct/09/theatre-art">Continue reading...</a>Art and designTheatreStageCultureArtMagicFilmSundance film festivalFourth plinthAntony GormleyFri, 09 Oct 2009 15:49:41 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/oct/09/theatre-artPRAn image from Inhabitants, an installation by Marenka Gabeler and Sarah DouglasPRAn image from Inhabitants, an installation by Marenka Gabeler and Sarah Douglas Photograph: PRVanessa Thorpe2009-10-09T15:49:41ZArt beat: Brian May, Kevin Spacey and more arts news | Vanessa Thorpehttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/25/photography-theatre-brian-may
The former member of Queen has published a book of vintage photographs, while Kevin Spacey is in search of new talent<p><strong>Autumn bloom for May's secret love</strong></p><p>Brian May's interest in astronomy is, by now, almost as widely recognised as his career as guitarist in <a href="http://www.queenonline.com/">Queen</a>. Less well known, though, is May's obsession with early photography. The rock star is a particular fan and a collector of the work of TR Williams, who pioneered the art in the 1850s. May regards Williams as &quot;the master&quot; of the <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerro.htm">daguerreotype</a>. A society photographer, he had a portrait studio in London, but it is his pictures of village life that really intrigued May. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/25/photography-theatre-brian-may">Continue reading...</a>CulturePhotographyMusicTheatreKevin SpaceyFourth plinthAntony GormleyFri, 25 Sep 2009 15:20:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/25/photography-theatre-brian-mayPublic DomainMoney, cash, hoes ... Wire statue of a gardener by Derek Kinsett in the grounds of Newstead Abbey Photograph: Public DomainAnwar Hussein/GettyBrian May, who has designed a stereoscopic viewer to peruse his new book of photographs by TR Williams. Photograph: Anwar Hussein/GettyAnwar Hussein/GettyPhotograph: Anwar Hussein/GettyVanessa Thorpe2009-09-25T15:20:46ZArt beat: Clash of the cartoonists | Vanessa Thorpehttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/21/art-beat-cartoon-keswick
This week, the cultural world will see a draw-off between Fleet Street's finest cartoonists while Enron looks set to hit Broadway<p><strong>Top drawer talent</strong></p><p>Cartoonists and artists such as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2009/mar/31/posy-simmonds-cartoons">Posy Simmonds </a>and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/stevebell">Steve Bell</a>, who have etched their names into history through the pages of the Guardian, are joing forces with <a href="http://www.quentinblake.com/">Quentin Blake</a>, <a href="http://www.geraldscarfe.com/">Gerald Scarfe</a> and <a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/paula_rego_about.htm">Paula Rego</a> to mark an unconventional birthday this September for the <a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org">Campaign for Drawing</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/21/art-beat-cartoon-keswick">Continue reading...</a>CultureArt and designTheatreTelevisionHeritageTelevision & radioFri, 21 Aug 2009 16:41:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/21/art-beat-cartoon-keswickPublic DomainQuick on the draw: The Guardian's team participates in last year's battle of the cartoonists Photograph: Public DomainPublic DomainQuick on the draw: The Guardian's team participates in last year's battle of the cartoonists Photograph: Public DomainVanessa Thorpe2009-08-21T16:41:29ZJohn Keats remembered in theatre and film projectshttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/17/art-beat-poetic-john-keats
The Hampstead romantic has a theatrical homecoming this summer – and also hits cinemas in the shape of Ben Whishaw<p><strong>Some melodious plot</strong></p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/17/art-beat-poetic-john-keats">Continue reading...</a>John KeatsTheatreStageBooksPoetryFilmJane CampionFourth plinthFestivalsRomanceBen WhishawFri, 17 Jul 2009 14:34:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/17/art-beat-poetic-john-keatsPRBright stars ... Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish in Jane Campion's Keats filmPRBen Whishaw and Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (2009). Photograph: PRVanessa Thorpe2009-07-17T14:34:17Z